title: Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins.
abstract: The application of bioinformatics methodologies to proteins inherently lacking 3D structure has brought increased attention to these macromolecules. Here topics concerning these proteins are discussed, including their prediction from amino acid sequence, their enrichment in eukaryotes compared to prokaryotes, their more rapid evolution compared to structured proteins, their organization into specific groups, their structural preferences, their half-lives in cells, their contributions to signaling diversity (via high contents of multiple-partner binding sites, post-translational modifications, and alternative splicing), their distinct functional repertoire compared to that of structured proteins, and their involvement in diseases.
authors.affiliation: Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute for Intrinsically Disordered Protein Research, Indiana University Schools of Medicine and Informatics, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: A Keith
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dunker
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silman
authors.forename: Vladimir N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Uversky
authors.forename: Joel L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology; D004194:Disease / Q000209:etiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011506:Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins